I favoured the admission of Romania and Bulgaria -
but now fear I was wrong.

Admission to the EU should cease with Croatia
(for a good number of years).

Sorry, Ukraine, Serbia, Albania, Macedonia -
you have a long way to go to qualify for admission!
But keep working at it;
I shall be cheering for you!
Ex Unitate Vires!

Alistair CAMMIDGE, Charlotte, USA/North Carolina

Well said. It makes a total mockery of EU membership. How can we feel proud of belonging to a United Europe when they behave like this? It makes us all feel just that bit more cynical. This is politics at it's lowest.

Please, please let's go it alone!

ST, Blackpool, UK

its amazing how nothing is ever good enough in the British press when it comes to the subject of Bulgaria.A stupid correspondent can overthrow the whole report of the European commission.hat same commission that still grants "special favors"to the U.K.
we Bulgarians are tired of being presented as 2nd hand people,corrupted mafia thugs.i wonder what that same reporter wrote about the corruption scandal in your government?

panko, plovdiv, bulgaria

Dear Sirs,
First of all- I am tired of reading about Bulgaria and Romania being the poorest members of the EU- they are for the time being poor, but things do change.
Take a look back at the accession of Ireland. What was the economic situation in Ireland back then? Wasn't Ireland the poorest EU member state and how did things turn? Surprisingly for many, Ireland made it.
Secondly, I would like to take Italy as an example for contract killings in public. Do you actually know how things work down there in Naples and how many people get killed on the streets every day? And all this, even though Italy is a founding member...
Bulgaria faces problems, but NO, Bulgaria has nothing to do with communists anymore!
Bulgaria is the oldest European State and communism played a part in the country's life for only 50 years.
And the accession to the EU is a contract, based on a MUTUAL interest, meaning that the EU and the UK get their benefits from us for sure.
Sincerely, a Proud Bulgarian

Lars, Bonn, Germany

in london only there are more than 155 kilings yearly,so don't write about things you don't understand

valentin , bulgaria,

It was a huge personal disappointment for me to see what happened with the romanian project of the national agency for integrity. this project could have represented a great progress for romanian politics but the dilluted version that was finally approved by the parliament shows nothing but our politicians lack of any sort of will to stop gaining illegal wealth. unfortunatelly, the public opinian in romania is more eager to get good grades from the EC than to get the problems solved. i think you are right in your claims but on the other hand, all political approvals for candiditade countries and latecommers in the UE have always been mild as some sort incentives to continue the reforms. these reports are first of all political statement and only on a secondary level, real evaluations.

Vali, Timisoara, Romania